If You Ever Come Back Home | A Country Ballad About Lost Love

Title: If You Ever Come Back Home Genre: Traditional Nashville Classic Country (1978–1985) Vocal: Male Baritone Target Length: 3:20–3:45 [Intro] Acoustic Guitar Soft Piano Gentle Fiddle Pedal Steel [Verse 1] The porch light Still burns low Every night Like long ago Your old picture Hangs inside I still keep You by my side The road outside Gets quiet When the evening Starts to fall [Verse 2] I still remember Your goodbye And the tears Inside your eyes You said someday You might return But these old roads Never turn I kept waiting Through the years Holding back These lonely tears [Chorus] If you ever Come back home You won't have To walk alone If you ever Cross that door I'll be waiting Like before I won't ask you Where you've been I will hold you Once again If you ever Come back home You'll still have A place with me [Verse 3] I've seen seasons Come and go Watched the fields Turn white with snow I've grown older Since you left But this heart Hasn't changed yet Every sunset Brings your name Every sunrise Feels the same [Solo Instrument] Pedal Steel Guitar Soft Fiddle Acoustic Guitar Warm Piano [Chorus] If you ever Come back home You won't have To walk alone If you ever Cross that door I'll be waiting Like before I won't ask you Where you've been I will hold you Once again If you ever Come back home You'll still have A place with me [Bridge] Maybe someday You'll return Maybe then My heart will learn Some old love Can wait years Some old hearts Still stay near [Final Chorus] If you ever Come back home You won't have To walk alone If you ever Call my name I'll still love you Just the same All these years I've waited here Through the silence Through the tears If you ever Come back home I'll leave the Light on [Outro] Soft acoustic guitar Gentle pedal steel Warm piano fading If you ever Come back home I'll be waiting Here